A teenage boy struggling with the coming-of-age issues of sexuality, religion, and peer approval is overwhelmed, but soldiers on. After several years, he comes to understand the family forces that have left him so deeply troubled, and the process of
Born and raised in Newark, New Jersey, educated at Berkeley; literal Jack of all Trades, everything from ditch digger to major art gallery director and private dealer. My first two stories won fiction awards, first two novels took New York publishing roller-coaster rides without happy endings. Skater In The Sky was written 38 years ago, only read by a few publishers and thrown in a closet for 35 years. It's been a long ride, but here I am.